# 116-hr-5480: ALS Placebo No More Act

116-hr-5480, ALS Placebo No More Act, is a 116th Congress bill sponsored by Rep. Fortenberry, Jeff [R-NE-1] (R-NE); status Referred to the Subcommittee on Health. (as of 2025-11-18).

- Canonical: https://policyrisk.com/legislation/116-hr-5480
- As of: 2025-11-18
- Plain-text twin of the page above; the HTML and this file carry the same facts.

## Facts
- Bill: 116-hr-5480
- Congress: 116
- Title: ALS Placebo No More Act
- Status: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
- Introduced: 2019-12-18
- Sponsor: Rep. Fortenberry, Jeff [R-NE-1] (R-NE)
- Cosponsors: 3
- Policy area: Health
- Touches household money: no
- Last recorded action: 2025-11-18

## Summary

ALS Placebo No More Act This bill requires the Food and Drug Administration and the National Institutes of Health to collaborate to provide all patients with ALS (amyotrophic lateral sclerosis, also referred to as Lou Gehrig's disease) with access to medicines in clinical trials.

## Cosponsors (3)

- Rep. Fitzpatrick, Brian K. [R-PA-1] (R-PA), 2019-12-19T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Gallagher, Mike [R-WI-8] (R-WI), 2019-12-19T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Green, Mark E. [R-TN-7] (R-TN), 2020-02-28T00:00:00.000Z

## Related bills

- 116-hr-7278: JUSTICE Act
- 116-hr-4692: Countering Turkish Aggression Act of 2019
- 116-hr-4305: PAWS for Veterans Therapy Act
- 116-hr-3495: Improve Well-Being for Veterans Act
- 116-hr-2423: Women's Suffrage Centennial Commemorative Coin Act
- 116-hr-8662: Accelerating Access to Critical Therapies for ALS Act

## Sources
- [116-hr-5480 on Congress.gov](https://www.congress.gov/bill/116th-congress/house-bill/5480)

## Related
- [116-hr-7278: JUSTICE Act](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/116-hr-7278)
- [116-hr-4692: Countering Turkish Aggression Act of 2019](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/116-hr-4692)
- [116-hr-4305: PAWS for Veterans Therapy Act](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/116-hr-4305)
- [116-hr-3495: Improve Well-Being for Veterans Act](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/116-hr-3495)
- [116-hr-2423: Women's Suffrage Centennial Commemorative Coin Act](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/116-hr-2423)
- [116-hr-8662: Accelerating Access to Critical Therapies for ALS Act](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/116-hr-8662)
- [All bills in Congress](https://policyrisk.com/legislation)

Source: PRIA, https://policyrisk.com/legislation/116-hr-5480 (as of 2025-11-18).